The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-14
AN AMERICAN PRIMA DONNA.
The Beautiful Clothes and the Fine Voice
That She Takes to Russia.

The Beautiful Clothes and the Fine Voice
That She Takes to Russia.
Lucy IL. Hooper's Paris Letter
Miss Ella Russell, the American prima donna,
LETT Paris yesterday for Warsaw, whittier she
goes commence a prolonged professional
tour through Russia. She will sing
warsam Mosoow ane
Linda. Lucia. Gilda in Rigoletto;" La Irav-
iata;7 Elsa in 'Lohen grin" and probably BESIDE
mona In "Otello." Miss Russell is an immense
favorite in Russia. She has appeared In War
for six consecutive seasons, always singing
to crowded houses and being received with i'm
mense enthusiasm. She takes with her for
this engagement some of the handsomest
toilets that have vet ever been seen upon
the lyric stage in Europe In LA Traviata,"
for instance. she will wear in the first act a
superb ball-dress. made by Worth, and COM
posed of pink satin, with skirt-front of the same
material, embroidered by hand, with silver
and having side panels of pink creme, en-
broidered and spanged with silver. In
the second act her dress will be composed
of a corsage of ruby velvet, with short skirt In
white surah and white lace The third toilet.
which Worth has just completed. is in white
brocade and satin. with side panels embroidered
with looking glass beads and hung with crystal
pompies, the skirt front being veiled with
draperies of white lace, dotted with silver beads
Long earlands of white camellas. family flushed
in the center with palest pink, are set down
either side of the skirt, and branches of the
same flowers pass over the shoulders.
The last dress is a princess cut morning dress
shirt vest in white surah and skirt front in full
widths of white lace, and having girdle in
white silk and gold thread. For the court dress
in Linda di Chamounix" Miss Russell has
ordered toilet in gold yellow MORE antique.
made with a long train, which is bordered at one
side with garland in massed yellow acacia
blossoms, extending from the waist to the end
OF the train. The skirt front is COW
cred with scarf drapeEiss of yell
low tule, edged with q fringe OF
acacia blossoms. the waist being trimmed to
correspond The brilliant charms of Miss Rus
sell. who ia the most beautiful of all the fair
American girls who have yet appeared on the
lyric stage, will give full effect to the elegance
of her attire. have never before seen such
perfection of coloring as that which is
the marked detail of her beauty.
A complexion of and roses.
large. transparent eyes of forget-me not
azure, and wavy golden hair, all untouched and
unaided by art, make an ensemble as delicate
and yet as brilliant the petals of a newly
opened rose. Add to this figure of nobly -devel-
oped proportions. the full-rounded shoulders
sloping to a 1.-the, slender waist and one can
imagine from this inadequate des-
cription how very charming this fair
Western girl really is. Her voice is as lovely
her face. the pure. clear notes being
of exceptional volume and sweetness. And she
is good girl, so pleased always with the sue
cess of her countrywomen among her fellow
singers, so free from professional jealousy and
withal pure the dewdrops at the heart of
the summer rose to which have jus t compared
her. She will not return Paris before next
spring, her engagements in Russia extend
over period of several months.